Colver Precision Manufacturing

Robert Bechtel founded Colver in April 2019. He spent 12 years on the floor and 6 in operations management at a Tier 1 automotive supplier in Greer, South Carolina before opening the shop. He had a clear picture of what he did not want to build. Stan...

Robert Bechtel founded Colver in April 2019. He spent 12 years on the floor and 6 in operations management at a Tier 1 automotive supplier in Greer, South Carolina before opening the shop. He had a clear picture of what he did not want to build. Standard work was baked in from day one. We started with 2 Haas VF-4s and a CNC lathe in 4,000 square feet off Statesville Road. Five years on, we run 14 CNC machines in 18,000 square feet at the Huntersville Business Park. The 5 axis cell is anchored by a DMG MORI DMU 50 we brought in this spring. Most of our growth came from existing customers asking us to take on more parts. We are not chasing every RFQ that lands in the inbox. We grow when the work fits the shop and the customer is in it for more than 1 job.